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Quinn/121x125 inganni Letter. Patent No. 75,994, dated March 24, 136s.

IMPROVEMENT INPBNGBS.-

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERNrv Be it 'known that-we, A. D. SMITH and E. STOW, of Townsend Station, in the county of Huron, andiState of Ohio, have invented certai-n new and useful Improvementsin Farin-Fences; and we do hereby declare that the` following is a full nd complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw- -ings, making' a. part of this specification, in which- Wires D., There may be two or more, :as-desired; these wiresbein or hooks a. The wires, .when secured to the posts,

lFigure 1 is a front view.

Figure 2 is a. top view. i

Figure 3 is a. detached section.

Like letters of' refcrencerrefer to like partsin the views.

In the drawings, A represents the base or ground, in which are secured the posts B.' C C are the pickets, near the top and bottom of which are inserted theiloops or hooks a a, i

These picketsareconnectcd together and supported in the. following manner: Secured to the posts are the i g secured to the posts by means of the staples are indented, as shown, from thc points'a to au', to receive the pickets, forming a shoulder, as in fig. 2, on each side of the said'pickets.

3 is a. detached view of the wire, which is indented as stated, the pickets resting between the shoulders a and a. The object ofmaking the wire in this way, and indentin g it to receive the pickets, is to support and keep the pickets in place, preventing them from moving or being pushed to either side, and also supporting them by means of the staples by which the wires are secured, which, with -the methodof securing the pickets to the said wires by means of the staple, forms a'. strong support, and prevents the pickets from moving out of place. We are' aware that pickets have been und still 'are secured to a. wire or wires 'by means of hooks and staples,

said staples being driven -into the picket, herd down lupon the wire, but we do not claim-the manner of attaching the picket to the wire; but v What we claim es our improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A fence, constructed with an'indented wire or wires, in combination with the hooks a and pickets C, as and for the purpose specified. y

` A. D. `SMTH,

E. STOW.

Wi tn esses P. H. SPORE, WILLIAM H. Spann. 

